New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-17
STRAY NOTES BY THE WAY.

The library Of Henry Ward Beccher, together with
O collection of articles Of household decoration such
a. pottery ronzes and marbles, Is stored In the art
room of the Lincoln Safety Deposit Companys vaults
I'm Forty -second-st They In care Of the American
Art Association to be sold The decorative articles
are neither numerous nor costly: few pieces OF
ststuaIy Of small Indicate Mr. Beechsr's tastos
phianthropist and Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot.
i've Of ncgo grouRs are in nO the boa theme
Tho other ia the group In which Mr. Beccher himself
The library large 1t abounds in poetry, history,
philosophy, ethics and works on religious subects'
There are numerous fat table-books filed with en-
cravings. Not few Of these arc representations OF
statuary both ancient and modern There is no
tceabe absence of novels. Even his own production
Norwood" has place In the collection. There are
few Greek or Latin books The bound v9lTc See .,
we'll t bSR%sf Ths is also true Of the pOeca
works. singulary enough, although there are sew
sr n y SS% no Sv The 81 many
them bearing inscriptions to indicate that they were
rm Tp the sTeaeT part Tf Of the library and
to have been often consulted
BY the way, John Rogers, tho sculptor, has Just
fashioned statuete Of Beocher The face is reduced
nom the plaster mask made of Mr. Bcechers face by
Mr.. Rogers q number OF years ago, wheh modenihs
his group Of anti slavcry agtators
I am told that there arc over thousand tickers'
| public place-hotels clubs saloons, barocr-shops,
| brokers' offices, and In private houses-the
progress of the baseball games Of the League clubs In
all the principal cities and the wherever ys
City Press Association, are most frequently seen ana
most largely patronzed probably because of his su,
perior facilities for obtaining early news VI results a'
| these exciting contests.
was good deal gratlfied personally at the result
of the election yesterday of trustees and officers OF
| the American Electric Manufacturing Company, Of
| No. 10 Cortlandtst. Edwards ii. Golf was the or
ganizer OF this company, and he early advanced the
theory gas and electric lights were not antago-
| nistic interests and sought to combine them. lie
aroused not only the enmity of rival electric COM
panies but Of gas companies well, and for time
he had an uphill Job In successfully establishing his
company. But he crushed the most malignant OF
his prosecutors in court and over ~ his way Of
thinking of the most prominent gas engineers In
the country-Colonel william A. Stcdman OF The New
mort Gas Works. The former triumph may BIO re-
carded as a personal victory Of Mr. Con The enllstng
| of Colonel stedman master stroke Tor mo
fact that Colonel Stedmsn not only left the manage
ment Of the Newport Gas Works but has resigned IRE
head of the gas department of tho latter company,
and il TO devote himself 10 the further aeVeo9hen'
lion Of the two interests Experience thus far has
shown, to quote from the cOmpany,s annual rport;
bn the Adoption Of electric lighting by ga
Companies practically excludes competitors, because
of the superior economy with WhlCh Nuch
can operate electric lights in connection with their
established gas business.
Several new and important persons have been
added 10 tho Board Of Trustees Of the American Com
pany. Among the names notice those of the
Hon. II. s. Hyde. president Of the Agawam Nationa
Rank Of sgFngh1 Mast EoyaRa nsah
House; A. b. chandler, Of the Machay Gable
| Company the hon. Charles Foster, ex Governor u
Ohio General J. b. Gordon, Governor OF Georgia; H.
| p Frost General Manager Of the southern New-Eng
! land Telephone Company, and others Mr. Con vote
on elghtyve per OF tho capital stork issued and
| the new board is practically Of his selection.